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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Funeral Portrait Nabs Second Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘Holy Water'
The Funeral Portrait goes 2-for-2 atop Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, lifting to No. 1 on the June 14-dated survey with 'Holy Water.' The track, which features Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody, is the band's second Mainstream Rock Airplay ruler in as many entries, following the one-week reign of 'Suffocate City,' featuring Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas, last November. More from Billboard Jon Bellion Was Tired of Songwriters Getting 'Paid F-king Dirt' - So He Flipped the Script With 'Father Figure' Elvis Crespo, Elena Rose, Kapo & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music This Week The Weeknd Wanders Through Purgatory in 'Baptized in Fear' Music Video This time around, The Funeral Portrait's trip to No. 1 is one week quicker; 'Holy Water' rules in its 18th frame on the chart. Moody reaches No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay as a solo act for the first time, having exceeded his No. 10 peak as a featured vocalist on Cory Marks' 'Outlaws & Outsiders,' alongside Travis Tritt and Mick Mars, in 2020. Five Finger Death Punch, with him as frontman, boasts 15 leaders, third-most dating to the ranking's March 1981 inception. Concurrently, 'Holy Water' places at No. 11 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.5 million audience impressions, up 8%, in the week ending June 5, according to Luminate. The song reached a No. 8 high a week earlier and marks The Funeral Portrait's first top 10 on the tally, having passed the No. 11 best of 'Suffocate City.' 'Holy Water' is the second single from The Funeral Portrait's 2024 album Greetings From Suffocate City. Released in September, the set has earned 25,000 equivalent album units to date. The collection is the second full-length from the group, which formed in Atlanta more than a decade ago. All Billboard charts dated June 14 will update Tuesday, June 10. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
Axios
19-05-2025
- Business
- Axios
Salt Lake City coffee shops crack down on remote work campers
Some coffee shops in Salt Lake City are trying to keep remote workers from taking over, nixing Wi-Fi and limiting laptops to dissuade Zoom squatters from setting up shop. Why it matters: Many coffee spots across the country have seen work-from-homers posting up for hours on video calls as they look for a "third space" that isn't their home office — causing overcrowding, hurting sales and detracting from a community feel. While many companies are now enforcing return-to-work policies, remote work numbers are still higher now than they were pre-pandemic, per the Census. State of play: The execution varies, coffee shop owners told Axios. Some spots are all-in on the Luddite game — aka no internet or laptops at all. Others limit their use to certain time stretches or days of the week. And others? Well, they've simply taped over outlets. Zoom in: Erica O'Brien was among Salt Lake City's first to not offer Wi-Fi at her coffee shop when she opened The Rose Establishment in 2010. She told Axios she aimed to foster a safe and comfortable environment that encouraged human connection, even with strangers. Yes, but: Her unique model at the time prompted some customers to storm out or write bad reviews online, insisting her business would fail. People sitting on their computers all day could be detrimental to a coffee shop's bottom line, she noted. What they're saying: "You can't make money, and then if you don't make money ... you can't pay for the payroll, you can't give raises, you can't grow," she said. She's encouraged that other businesses like 9th and 9th's Coffee Garden, which stopped offering internet to customers a few years ago, are joining the trend. Nick Price operates two coffee shops in town: Three Pines Coffee on Main Street, which lacks Wi-Fi, and Holy Water, which offers it because it's close to the University of Utah and has less foot traffic. Price said he doesn't provide internet at Three Pines because the space offers only 12 seats. When designing Holy Water, he said he was strategic about where to place power outlets, designating certain areas for people to enjoy their coffee and converse. He's looked into ways to impose a limit on how long a customer can use the internet, but he said the technology is expensive. The bottom line: If you plan to camp out to get work or studying done, Price encourages customers to be considerate.
National Post
14-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Terry Newman: Don't panic, Canada — it's still safe to travel to the U.S.
Despite Prime Minister Mark Carney's campaign of anti-American fear, as well as stories and announcements that Canadians should avoid the country, there is no evidence Canadians should be fearful about travelling to the United States. Article content Article content According to a Leger survey conducted early this month, the majority of Canadians are leery about travelling to the United States because they feel unwelcome (54 per cent), or they no longer feel such travel is safe (52 per cent). Article content Article content These fears are unfounded. There is no evidence Canadians are unwelcome in the U.S., nor is there evidence that travelling there is unsafe. There are several reasons, however, why Canadians may have been led to believe this was the case. Article content Article content The first is the story of Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian who has been described as an actor turned entrepreneur. Much attention has been paid to her detention, but very little to the possible reasons. Article content When Mooney attempted to travel from Vancouver to California in November 2024 — before Donald Trump assumed office for the second time — she found out that her three-year U.S. work visa, which had been acquired the previous spring, had been revoked. Mooney told the Guardian that a border agent told her she couldn't work for a U.S.-based company because it used hemp in its products. Hemp-derived CBD is an ingredient in the drink Holy! Water, the company Mooney co-founded. Article content Although many states have legalized cannabis and hemp production was legalized at the federal level in 2018, the use of CBD in food and beverages is still a legal grey area. When Mooney was stopped in Vancouver and not permitted entry, she was heading to Natural Products Expo West, an exhibition that features many products that contain hemp. Article content Article content According to Newsweek, 'Mooney said she later returned to the Mexico border with a new job offer and the necessary visa paperwork, but because she had already been flagged, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers denied her entry back into Mexico and detained her instead.' Article content Article content The fact that Mooney presented CBP with a new job offer suggests she was aware that border officers flagged her for her first job. If Mooney knew border agents had taken issue with her Holy! Water's ingredients, she probably shouldn't have followed up her denial of entry with an attempt at a different border with a new job offer. Article content In addition to this widely circulated story, on April 15, the Canadian Association of University Teachers sent out a hyperbolic warning, saying that it 'strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.'
